Jollof rice is overrated and I have the proof. Come fight me.

I know say this one go make plenty people vex but somebody needs to say it. Jollof rice is just rice wey don see pepper. The hype is a collective delusion that we inherited from our mothers and we are too loyal to question it. I ran the numbers. The preparation time, the cost of ingredients, the stress of getting the smoky party jollof texture that everyone claims to have but nobody can actually reproduce at home. Then you eat it and it is just rice. Tasty rice, but rice.

Meanwhile, fried rice sits there quietly. It has vegetables, it has protein options, it tastes good cold, it does not require a prayer session to get the colour right. And do not even get me started on white rice and stew. Simple, reliable, always delivers. No drama. No burnt bottom that people call 'party rice' to make themselves feel better.

I know the jollof loyalists will come for me. That is fine. The data suggests that most of you have never even tasted the jollof you claim is superior. You just like the idea of it. So tell me, if you had one last meal on earth, are you genuinely choosing jollof over your mother's white rice and stew?